The survey gathered responses from 18,575 physicians across 25 specialties.
Here are EHRs’ top four positive effects as reported by physicians.
- Improves documentation: 63 percent
- Improves collections: 39 percent
- Improves clinical operations: 34 percent
- Improves patient service: 32 percent
Here are EHRs’ top four negative effects as reported by physicians.
- Worsens patient service: 38 percent
- Worsens clinical operations: 35 percent
- Worsens documentation: 27 percent
- Worsens collections: 9 percent
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